5 Surprising Questions You Need to Ask Your Wedding Photographer. (Hint: You Have NO Idea)

In the past 4,000 or so posts {Yes, really! } I've definitely touched on the standard questions to ask a potential wedding photographer: Who gets the rights to my wedding pictures? How many hours do you shoot for? Yes, you need to ask the ho-hum business-y questions, but wedding photographer Jasmine Star just shared five more questions that nobody thinks to ask—and I think they're way more important.

Yes, at first glance these seem like the trite sort of things you might ask on a lukewarm first date. But these questions will give you a way better idea of who your photographer is, at her core, than "What would YOU wear to my wedding?" You're going to spend the better part of your wedding day with your photographer—plus, your whole engagement shoot too—so you need to choose someone you feel comfortable with and you like being around. Because no matter how talented your photographer is (or how many free grandparent albums she throws in), your wedding and engagement pictures aren't going to be awesome if you get awkward around her, or the two of you don't communicate in the same way.

So, yes, ask every potential wedding photographer whether she'll have a backup photographer to shoot you both before the ceremony, but ask her Jasmine's questions too. I guarantee you'll get better pictures.